Jacob Weisberg's Blog, page 2308

Kitchen Culture Needs to Change. Top Chef Might Be What Does It.

Gordon Ramsay this is not.

Trump Has Apparently Gone to Ridiculous Lengths to Keep His High School Grades From Getting Out

Trump's surely mediocre grades might disrupt his long grift on the American people.

With Captain Marvel, Women Finally Have Their Own Mediocre Marvel Movie

Why should only men get to star in middling comic-book flicks?

Bloomberg Thinks He Can Do More Good Staying Out of the 2020 Presidential Race

Get ready for everyone to talk about what this means for Joe Biden’s likely bid.

The Cowardice of the Cover-Your-Ass Memo

Note-taking isn’t a means of resistance.

The Daily Mail Tried to Spring a “Gotcha” Interview on AOC’s Mom. The Result Was Extremely Wholesome.

Blanca Ocasio-Cortez is her daughter’s mother.

The Angle: A Slate Correspondent Revisits a Murder Trial He Helped Decide

As a juror, Seth Stevenson helped send two men to prison 20 years ago. He decided to look back at the case and the people involved.

It’s Upsetting to Me That the President Wouldn’t Care if I Got Kidnapped and Murdered by a Foreign Death Squad

The president's willingness to let foreign countries detain and kill Americans is astounding even by his own astounding standards.

Upcoming Superhero Movie Shazam! Looks Like it Might Be Good?

We’re as surprised as anyone.

Ilhan Omar Has a Point

Her language around the U.S.-Israel relationship has been tone-deaf. That doesn't mean she's wrong.